If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own ...

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has ...

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.

Nicholas Prosper was jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years in March after admitting the murders of his mother and siblings.

A woman who appeared on a BBC programme with aspirations to live out her dream life in Norfolk died after struggling with alcoholism, ...

Both Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer aim for ‘concrete progress’ on the matter at Thursday’s Franco-British summit.

A former employee at a Fife children’s home has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that allegations of abuse made against him by former residents are “absolute nonsense”.

A Labour MP who led a rebellion against the Government’s benefits plan has labelled it an “omnishambles”, which she warned could leave disabled people worse off. Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead ...

Gregory Twigg, 32, has denied intending to cause serious harm to Lee Woodward, 39, who died in hospital 10 months after he was punched three times.